2006 Reading List

For many of us, New Year's Resolutions include some sort of reading. This year, instead of buying books that will end up laying around on your kitchen countertop getting splattered with tomato sauce and then eventually make their way to the top of the fridge where they collect dust until you rediscover them in October and kick yourself for not reading them... why not commit yourself to reading a book or two that has the potential to shape your soul? Below are three recommendations. And the fringe benefit is that all three of these books will line up squarely with the preaching emphasis at Coram Deo in 2006. So instead of spreading yourself thin... go deep.

Renovation of the Heart, by Dallas Willard - I've been reading and re-reading this book for 2 years, and I still haven't digested it all. Probably one of the most formative books you'll ever read on what it means to be a disciple of Jesus.

Outgrowing the Ingrown Church, by C. John Miller - not a how-to book, but a portrait of a gospel-centered church that loves Christ and engages the culture. If you want to gain a picture of what we hope Coram Deo will someday look like, read this book.

The Kingdom of Couches, by Will Walker - okay, so I'm a contributing author to this book, and it's written by my best friend. But biases aside (or mostly aside): it is a really well-written book that will help you break up with the individualistic Christianity you're used to and move toward a communal understanding of spiritual formation. Read it. (I don't get paid to say that, I promise.)